Late stage pregnancies referred to Southampton Hospital (FOI)

​​Request

As a number and a percentage of births in Jersey​, please advise how many late-stage pregnancies, have been referred to Southampton hospital for subsequent births since the beginning of October 2018.

Response

Health and Community Services’ (HCS’) Antenatal Clinic and Fetal Medicine records indicate that, from October 2018 to date, 13 women have been referred to Southampton at a late stage of pregnancy for subsequent delivery of their baby. 

Due to small numbers, HCS are unable to provide a further breakdown of these figures by year as it may lead to the identification of individuals and breach the confidentiality of their personal information. Therefore, Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied to protect the privacy of individuals.

Article applied

Article 25 - Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.​